[normy]

Anyone?

[ken5050]

Interesting hypothesis..a question..

What percentage of your business now is to non-English speaking..? IOW..can you afford to lose it, and hope that you attract more from your ads to compensate

[Huck]

How about "We hear you" or "We listen to you." You don't even have to mention English.

[Michael Goldsberry]

¡Vaya para lo!

[HiTech RedNeck]

"We also speak English, senor."

[HiTech RedNeck]

We Speak English, Too

[wolfcreek]

I see more and more ads saying they promise to have a supervisor on every job as opposed to just a crew people who don't speak a lot of English. Myself and most of my customers prefer to be able to at least communicate with workers on our property. Alas, many times, it's good We understand some Spanish. You may find a good niche there, go with it.

[Michael81Dus]

Einstein. Learn German - it's relatively easy.

[Kimmers]

I do like the "We speak English"....but you could loose some customer base with that, sticking with a phrase like Huck's suggestion in post #3

BTW...what industry are you in? My husband lives in N Dallas and will I will be joinng him when our son graduated from HS...

[Momaw Nadon]

I recently saw a sign on a corner store in a neighboring town that read:


No shoes
No shirt
No English
NO SERVICE

[mewzilla]

How about an ad mentioning all the languages spoken by the folks who work for you, in all the languages spoken? You can mention English first :)

[Loud Mime]

Your proposed tactic is divisive. How that division will work is a marketing question, and, possibly, a legal question. I know it's a stretch, but people file suits for anything nowadays.......could such a business tactic provide the footing for such a suit?

Eleph-Rhino.

Personally, as an American, I like it! I believe that you would have instant recognition, publicity, and a corps of willing customers if you used such a saying. Who was it that said there's no such thing as bad publicity?

[SoftballMominVA]

I agree with the idea of mentioning all the languages in which you can conduct business.

We speak English

Se Hablo Espanol

E-ay eak-spay ig-pay atin-lay.

[jigsaw]

"We eat Chinese, drink Scotch, speak English, and are always Russian to assist you."

[Jeffrey_D.]

Go for it .........I think the positives will out weigh the negatives we've seen here so far.

Even bad publicity can be good.

[jocon307]

I'd definately call your company first if I saw that. I am so sick of service people whom I can understand, and the bigger fear, who I fear can't understand me.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Normy....go for it.....I live in Lewisville and I think it would be effective..

[Ippolita]

I can tell you something: when my parents immigrated to the USA after WWII they HAD to speak English ( before they could even apply for a visa).
I hate the fact that when I try and speak to someone from amex or microsoft I get transfered to some foreign country (usually India) where I get answered by someone who speaks some form of pidgin and has a real hard time understanding me.
Last time I as in NYC at Duane Reeds I had to ASK for someone who spoke English!
I thought it was our language, guess I'm out of sync with the times: as tonyro says I'd patronize you no doubt.
And how about if they live in the USA they should be made to learn the English language?
I don't know how good it would be for your biz, but I'd at least tack it on - make it into a statement:
"and ... yes ... WE DO SPEAK ENGLISH!"

[elli1]

Just a thought but wouldn't 'American Owned' communicate what you want said?

Anyway, (I grew up in Oklahoma so I can say this), being as you're in Texas, shouldn't you say: We speak English, sorta'? ;)

[blu]

How important is communication between your employees and the customers? I mean, is it detailed ("When I boot to the C drive, all the lights in my house go out and the dog howls") or fairly basic ("this spot is mustard, this is engine oil, and this is baby spitup")?

As a customer, I will go where the service is best, and that includes being able to state my problem, make sure the employee understands my problem ("No, it doesn't go chucka chucka, it goes thunka thunka") and understand the bill.

All the above aside, I speak English. I spent 12 years learning to communicate effectively. I appreciate people who take the effort to learn the darn language of the host company!

[Mulch]

We Speak:
Chinese
English
Farsi
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish